Sudbury Social Justice News - October 13, 2013

EVENTS & MEETINGS:

1) Monday, October 14: 'Thanksgiving' Raise the Minimum Wage Action
2) Tuesday, October 15: Free Showing of *Invisible City*
3) Wednesday, October 16: Myths and Mirrors Annual General Meeting
4) Thursday, October 17: reThink Green Open House
5) Friday, October 18: Restore the CSUMB Anti-Poverty March
6) Saturday, October 19: Province-wide Raise the Rates Rally in Sudbury
7) Saturday, October 26: Punk Rock for War Child
8) Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1: Women's History Week -- 14 events over 5 days
9) Monday, November 4: Meeting of Sudbury Workers' Education and Advocacy Centre

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

1) "Gentrification doesn't trickle down to help everyone" by David Madden
2) "Recovering the history of direct action AIDS organizing in Canada" by Scott Neigh

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Monday, October 14: 'Thanksgiving' Raise the Minimum Wage Action

Time: Noon
Location: Meet at the McDonald's on Notre Dame, walk to the Tim Horton's downtown

The Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty is taking part in another province-wide day of action to raise the minimum wage. Meet at 12 noon at McDonald’s on Notre Dame; walk to Tim Horton’s downtown. Both McDonald’s and Tim Horton’s oppose raising the minimum wage. We will have information sheets to hand out and postcards to sign.

For more information, contact Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty at sudburyCAP@gmail.com or at 249-878-7227.

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Tuesday, October 15: Free Showing of *Invisible City*

Time: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: main branch, Greater Sudbury Public Library (74 Mackenzie Street, Sudbury)

The Graduate Student Association (GSA)  of Laurentian University will be showing the anti-poverty film *Invisible City* at the Mackenzie Library, 6:30pm.  Free snacks.

*Invisible City* is a moving story of two boys from Regent Park crossing into adulthood – their mothers and mentors rooting for them to succeed; their environment and social pressures tempting them to make poor choices. Turning his camera on the often ignored inner city, Academy-award nominated director Hubert Davis sensitively depicts the disconnection of urban poverty and race from the mainstream.

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Wednesday, October 16: Myths and Mirrors Annual General Meeting

Time: 5:45pm-6:15pm potluck supper
      6:15pm-6:30pm preview of "The Water Project"
      6:30pm AGM begins
Location: Victory Park, 496 Frood Road, Sudbury (mural painted building)

Please attend the Annual General Meeting of Sudbury's community arts organization, Myths and Mirrors.

AGMs are an opportunity to celebrate our activities of the past year and to extend our appreciation to our membership, sponsors, funders, community partners, and participants who build community through art.

At the AGM, the voting members will review and approve proposed new by-laws. The current and proposed by-laws can be found at:
http://mythsandmirrors.wordpress.com/home/agm2013/

The AGM is open to all, but voting privileges are enjoyed by adult (18+) members only. The membership fee of $10.00/year is due at the AGM. We also welcome those who wish to join as members in a non-voting capacity -- organizations for $50.00/year and youth (13-17) for $5.00/year.

Please RSVP by October 14 to Gwen Bartleman at mythsinfo@vianet.ca.

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Thursday, October 17: reThink Green Open House

Time: 4:30pm to 6pm
Location: Environmental Resource Centre (176 Larch Street, third floor -- enter through the front door and take the stairs to the top)

With the completion of further renovations to the Environmental Resource Centre (ERC), reThink Green is happy to announce that a new date has been set for our Open House.

Interested in seeing what we’ve been up to in the summer months? The ERC will be open to visitors on October 17, 2013, from 4:30PM – 6:00PM. Refreshments and snacks will be available. We will be presenting a slideshow of the ERC’s transformation, and we’ll also be sharing some information on “The Forge”, our upcoming social incubator.

reThink Green is also pleased to announce that Gordon Harris will be making a generous donation of books to our resource library. The new books will be on hand for all to see. Drop by and check out the items in our collection!

The Environmental Resource Centre is located on the third floor of 176 Larch Street. Enter through the front door and take the stairs to the top floor.”

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/251499761665183/

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Friday, October 18: Restore the CSUMB Anti-Poverty March

Time: 2pm
Location: Starting from Memorial Park in downtown Sudbury

Free meal and anti-poverty march starting at Memorial Park with a focus on restoring the CSUMB benefit for people on social assistance, and ensuring in the meantime that the replacement CHPI benefit maintains at least CSUMB rates and policies. This event is supported by Mamaweswen, The North Shore Tribal Council. Speakers include organizer Liisa Scofield of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty, City Councillor Claude Berthiaume, and others. Music by Mike B. The march will include the return of the "S-CAP 11" to MPP Rick Bartolucci's office.

For more information, contact Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty at sudburyCAP@gmail.com or at 249-878-7227.

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Saturday, October 19: Province-wide Raise the Rates Rally in Sudbury

Time: 2pm sharp. Pizza serving starts at 1:30pm.
Location:  Sheridan Auditorium at Sudbury Secondary School, 154 College Street.

Join with people from Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo, Kingston, Belleville and other centres in a large province-wide anti-poverty rally and march. The focus will be on defence of people on Disability Benefits from attack and for First Nations control over ODSP on reserves. Speakers include John Clarke of the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP), Shannon Balla from Poverty Makes Us Sick in Ktchener-Waterloo, Laurie McGauley on Kimberly Rogers and more. Music by Streetwise and OB. Followed by a march through downtown streets led by people with disabilities.  

For more information, contact Sudbury Coalition Against Poverty at sudburyCAP@gmail.com or at 249-878-7227.

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Saturday, October 26: Punk Rock for War Child

Time/Location:
     6pm to 7:30pm at the Fromagerie Elgin (5 Cedar Street, Sudbury,
     entry from Elgin) for the roundtable discussion -- The other side
     of punk: discussing the counter culture

     10pm at the Townehouse Tavern (206 Elgin, Sudbury) for a video
     demonstration on the "Daring Dynamos"

     11pm to 2am at the Townehouse Tavern for a punk rock tribute night

Punk Rock for War Child will be a Fundraiser in support of the 'Daring Dynamos': Two friends cycling the world for the ultimate musical experience and to raise money for charity War Child.

http://daringdynamos.com/

The night will include music from past members of bands including Statues, The Havocs, Vicious Cycle, This Ship Will Burn, Living Daylights and many more, doing covers of some of their favorite and most influencial bands. Songs by Rise Against, Anti-Flag, Dag Nasty, Kid Dynamite, 7 Seconds and more.

Things will kick off at 6:00pm at the Fromagerie Elgin for a round-table discussion entitled 'The other side of punk: discussing the counter-culture'. It will be an opportunity for anyone to come out and participate in discussing the music that has influenced so many of us and relating it to current political and social topics.

Throughout the evening, videos from the past legs of the round the world trip will be shown, along side information regarding the international NGO War Child, who has garnered support from many international artists.

See you in the pit!

This event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/559351370780675/

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Monday, October 28 to Friday, November 1: Women's History Week -- 14 events over 5 days

This is the twentieth year that Women's History Week has been held at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Come and help us celebrate!

All events are free and everyone is welcome.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Tuesday, October 29, 7pm
Bertolo's, 93 Durham Street, downtown Sudbury
"The Personal is Very Political: Stories of my Transformation Through Feminism in the 1970s and 1980s," a lecture by Gary Kinsman of the Laurentian Department of Sociology

FULL WEEK SCHEDULE:
(All events are on the Laurentian University campus unless otherwise noted)

Monday, October 28, 2:30pm
"Modernism and the Other Woman"
with Dr. Mrinalini Greedharry, Department of English, room W130 (West Residence)

Monday, October 28, 7pm
"Forbidden Love: The Unashamed Stories of Lesbian Lives"
with Professor Shana Calixte, Department of Women's Studies, room T120 (Thornloe University)

Tuesday, October 29, 8:30am
"A Fearless Environmental Woman of History"
A film presentation and discussion of *Rachel Carson's Silent Spring* hosted by Dr. William Crumplin of the Department of Environmental Studies, PM-P02 (Portable classroom)

Tuesday, October 29, 8:30am
"Queens, Commoners, Abbesses and Saints: Women in Early Medieval Britain"
A lecture by Dr. Janice Liedl of the Department of History, room C-304 (Classroom Building)

Tuesday, October 29, 10am
"Nationalism and Gender Identities"
A lecture by Professor OmiSoore Dryden of the Department of Women's Studies, room T-260 (Thornloe University)

Tuesday, October 29, 1pm
"Noticing Gender in Communication, Negotiation and Conflict"
A lecture by Dr. Rosanna Langer of the Department of Law and Justice, room C-207 (Classroom Building)

Tuesday, October 29, 1pm
"Woman's Sphere: Mid-19th Century to the Great War"
A lecture by Dr. Linda Ambrose of the Department of History, room C-301 (Classroom Building)

Wednesday, October 30, 9am
"Moll Flanders and Women Criminals in the Early Eighteenth Century"
A student presentation by Elizabeth Urso for English 3245, room C-306 (Classroom Building)

Wednesday, October 30, 10am
"Gender and Teaching: Kindergarten and Household Science in Public Schooling"
A lecture by Dr. Sara Burke of the Department of History, room C-301 (Classroom Building)

Wednesday, October 30, 3pm to 5:30pm
"Europa 51"
A film presentation in collaboration with the Sudbury Philosophical Society, with Dr. Lucien Pelletier of the Department of Philosophy, room C-309 (Classroom Building)

Thursday, October 31, 8h30
"Femmes, mariage et vie conjugal durant le haut moyen age"
Une conférence avec le Dr Pierre Cameron du Département d'histoire, salle C-202 (Edifice des classes)

Thursday, October 31, 1pm
"Feeding Our Children 'White-Style': An Exploration of Anishinabek Women's Responses to Industrial Change Along the Winnipeg River, 1950-1972"
A lecture by Professor Brittany Luby of the Department of History, room C-301 (Classroom Building)

Friday, November 1, 13h
"Hélène Brion (1882-1962): La voie feministe"
Une conférence avec le Dre Carolle Gagnon du Département de philosophie, salle W-134 (Résidence Ouest)

 

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Monday, November 4: Meeting of Sudbury Workers' Education and Advocacy Centre

Time: 6:30pm
Location: Offices of the Sudbury and District Labour Council (Suite 209
upstairs in 109 Elm Street, which is across the street from the Native
Friendship Centre)

Workers -- particularly those in part-time, low-wage, and insecure jobs -- and their supporters are invited to this meeting to continue the community discussions to found a workers' centre in Sudbury.

Workers' centres are organizations that are committed to improving the lives and working conditions of people in low-wage and unstable employment. For more than a year, people in Sudbury have been meeting to figure out how to make this happen here, and it can only succeed with lots of active participation and input from all corners of the community.

The Sudbury Workers' Education and Advocacy Centre on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SudburyWorkersCentre
 

 

NEWS, ANALYSIS, & CALLS TO ACTION:

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"Gentrification doesn't trickle down to help everyone"
by David Madden
(Originally from The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/10/gentrification-not-...)

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"Recovering the history of direct action AIDS organizing in Canada" by Scott Neigh
(Originally from the Sudbury working-group of The Media Co-op:
http://sudbury.mediacoop.ca/story/recovering-history-direct-action-aids-...)